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the numbers do not look good for president obama. they look just as bad for his party overall. >> with two months to go before the midterm elections the poll shows that when it comes to registered voters, 47% prefer a republican, 45% prefer a democrat. pretty tight. >> what is not close is who will actually get out and vote. only 40% of democrats say they will vote compared to 53% of republicans, showing republicans are fired up for this election. >> one state these numbers could come into play is in nevada. that's the home of senate majority leader harry reid. >> reid is not only fighting a 14.3% unemployment rate in his state, he's also fighting one of the stars of the tea party. here's jonathan karl with more. >> reporter: meet the new sharron angle. feisty as ever but looking more like a candidate who can topple the majority leader. >> i'm a mainstream american and mainstream nevada understands that. >> reporter: for months, angle

seemed to be running scared. >> it's a simple question. >> reporter: even fleeing local tv cameras. no more. >> i know that we have a lot of press here and they're going to want to ask some questions. >> reporter: now she's willing to explain her most controversial statements, including this. >> we have home-born, home-grown enemies in our system, and i for one think we have some of those enemies in the walls of the senate and the congress. >> yes, i think you're right, bill. >> do we have enemies of the country in the halls of congress? >> well, certainly people who pass these kinds of policies -- obamacare, cap and trade, stimulus, bailouts -- they're certainly not friends to the free market system. >> so what are they? >> they're not friends. >> reporter: the central strategy of the reid campaign is simple. portray sharron angle as just plain crazy. in a barrage of attack ads, reid uses angle's own words against

her. now angle is firing back. >> harry reid's dragged nevada down to perhaps its lowest point ever. and he wants to call me an extremist? >> reporter: senator reid told us he bears no responsibility for the sorry state of nevada's economy. >> you know that i had nothing to do with the massive foreclosures here. you know i had nothing to do with these unemployment figures. in fact, i've worked hard to change them. >> reporter: while reid relies on his ads to do the talking, angle seems to be everywhere these days. getting plenty of unsolicited advice, even about sarah palin. >> get palin down here. otherwise harry's going to kick your butt. i hate to say that. but get her down here. >> okay. well, she endorsed me and she said she's ready. >> reporter: an interesting thought. but republicans now think angle is doing okay on her own. jonathan karl, abc news, minden, nevada. >> it certainly will be a closely watched race. what separates nevada from the

other senate races is that voters actually have the option of checking none of the above. so in a race like that, voters being able to do that really changes the parameters of how these two contestants meet. >> they say they may get 5% or 6% of people who check that box, that could throw the race in a whole different kind of way. so very interesting. people around the country would like a none of the above

♪ it's ladies night and the feeling's right ♪ ♪ oh yes it's ladies night oh what a night ♪ welcome back, everybody. welcome back to you from vacation. you look very rested. welcome back to the set here. i know you're excited to be back. and actually, people had a lot to say while you were gone. they missed you terribly, you should know that first of all. they did. willis was heartbroken. everyone was upset. but it was funny. it was the first time in a while that two men had hosted the show. >> the bromance. >> had a little bromance, mike marusarz and i all last week.

we thought we'd welcome you back with some snippets of what an extra infusion of december is to tro does here at "world news now." take a look. >> you ever play tennis? >> oh, it's the wrong way. obviously not. >> that's pretty bad. >> how about the world testicle cooking champion? >> oh, yum. >> testicles. this thing's nuts. the "white house crashers "? you remember the couple that tried to sneak in -- >> salahis. >> now she will soon grace the pages of "playboy." >> yum. >> and then if she's not satisfied, i'll put her over my knee and spank her. >> hey-yo! >> my question is, is one of the themes going to be the fist pumping? >> i have no doubt that he will be -- ♪ get the texti ♪ >> it's called a texti, actually a green -- >> she's breaking it out. >> whoa. >> see, she didn't lose those skills she learned in the film "striptease" which is very, very comforting. >> who doesn't like a dog who

knows how to get down, you know what i mean? >> look at that. did i miss the dip? dip the dog. >> dipping the dog. do you think the dog likes this, though? >> it's a lot better than fetch, i mean, look at this thing. >> so the takeaway is that you should not be left alone. >> this is true, this is the moral of last week. welcome back. it's nice to balance this whole thing out again. yes. that's what happens when you leave the boys in charge. >> i'm glad to see when i leave you talk about testicles and fist pumping. >> what all guys talk about. sgeto "ty." barbara walters and barbara walters lowered her t a lo >> my scar starts somewhere around here. >> i don't see it. >> do you have makeup on it? >> i have a little bit -- >> i'm right next to you. >> barbara, that -- >> you see? >> i can barely see it. >> it really does look like cleavage. >> it does. >> you cannot see it.

>> that's fantastic. >> okay, so it was like a quarter of a 16th of an inch. >> look at her go, yeah! whoa! >> she's feeling great. keep in mind, she had heart surgery -- you guys, i can't even talk, between the two of you. she had heart surgery, keep in mind. she was back, she came back to "the view." tuesday was her first time back on the show and she had the heart valve replacement. it was really nice because they had a lot of people who said nice things. elton john, david beckham, martha stewart. like you saw it really was not a bad scar at all. >> no, you can hardly see it. 80 years old, going strong, back she is unstoppable. barbara walters, welcome back. that's really impressive that she's back, looking good. willis, you liked that, didn't you? >> that was great. >> i knew you did. more controversy from lady gaga, one of your favorites here. p.e.t.a. can be kind of tough sometimes. this is definitely not going to this is an a foreign issue of

u" stposnth cover on. and what's that, a dress made out of raw meat for lady gaga. so that is probably not going to sit well with a few folks. this is her latest headline-grabbing stunt here for lady gaga on the cover of "vogue." look at this. >> i don't get it. i understand obviously p.e.t.a. but what is the essence of what this ise lo d p.e.t.a.'s not happy with this this is just what she chose t grab some headlines and get some attention, which is one of her fortes. >> i would see som that and think maybe she's saying wearing fur is the equivalent of wearing raw meat. you know what i mean? i would almost think it's something of her saying, i'm against meat-eating. >> that would be a smart political statement. i don't think -- yeah. she wasn't looking that deeply into it. >> taylor swift is surprisingly on the end of more attacks. >> well, you kn - is cm the husband -- former husband of

kate hudson. his name is, where is it, chris robinson basically he says he's tire of he said people, and he points specifically to taylor swift -- a lot of these musicians, they say they have people to address them, it all comes out the same. >> leave the young girl alone. man!

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pm your #1 choice. here are some stories to watch today on abc news. president obama takes his campaign to spur job creation to ohio where he'll speak about tax breaks for businesses. crews will continue battling a tricky wildfire northwest of boulder, colorado. nearly 100 structures have already been destroyed by the flames. bp releases an internal investigation into the blowout that unleashed the massive gulf oil spill. they'll reportedly assign blame for the disaster to bp itself and other companies involved in the well's operation. finally this half hour, the trees that are barking up a storm. a man in england is in trouble with his neighbors thanks to the trees on his property. >> they aren't just any trees, they're actually 35 feet tall and they're casting a dark shadow over his entire neighborhood. the bbc's jon kay has more now

from plymouth, england. >> reporter: your front garden. a place to welcome and to impress. a way to make a statement. and in this quiet street in suburban plymouth, there is definitely a statement being made. crammed into a small plot, around ten giant leyland trees. at 35 feet or 10 meters high, they're now so big the house can't be seen. >> oh, yeah, they must have started about four foot i should imagine when he bought them. >> now look? >> now look at it. >> reporter: neighbors have had enough and have gone to the council. >> i think it's disgusting for the people that live next door. they try to look after their own properties. how can they look after their properties when there's something like this there? >> what's it like to live with this on your street? >> terrible. terrible. the only thing you get out of that, really, is when it's

raining. you can stand underneath and you can stay partially dry. but apart from that, i think it's appalling. >> reporter: neighbors say the trees are putting their gardens in the shade. so they've clubbed together to launch an action against the owner, david alvand. i've just spoken to mr. alvand at the door. he doesn't want to go on-camera. he doesn't want to speak to anybody. but he says he's done nothing wrong, this is his land, and he'd rather the media focused on politicians rather than somebody like him. this was david alvand eight years ago when he last fell out with his neighbors. back then he built a giant wall around the house and was forced by the courts to pull it down. worried by all the attention, he called in the police. the local authority hopes mr. alvand and his neighbors can reach a compromise among themselves. if not, more council cuts could be on the way. jon kay, bbc news, devon. >> the guy just wants a little privacy. i don't know, that's bizarre, i

don't get it. >> it really i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i

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8th. >> from abc news, this is "world news now." >> i think there's something wrong with me because those stories always make me hungry and make me crave what is the worst. >> people, i don't think they want to know the calories. >> you've seen here in new york, we have them posted. before you eat anything you see 5,000 calories. >> it's scary. to come from new orleans, that was not the case at all. >> hasn't changed any of my eating habits. >> no. still with the fries, yeah. >> good morning and thanks for being with us. i'm vinita nair. >> i'm rob nelson. there is growing condemnation this morning over a florida minister's international burn a koran day which is planned for saturday, the anniversary of 9/11. >> pastor terry jones says he intends to go ahead with the plan to destroy the muslim holy book. t.j. winick is joining us from washington with the latest. dmo.j.port

mor,ra as the countdown to 9/11 rat now one of america's top military men is asking for before the rhetoric makes things worse, much worse. secretary of state hillary clinton has now joined the growing chorus of those warning against a planned koran burning this september 11l >> i am heartened by the clear, unequivocal condemnation of this disrespectful, disgraceful act that has come from american religious leaders of all faiths. >> reporter: a day after a protest in kabul against the planned book burning, general david petraeus implored the 50-member dove world outreach center in gainesville, florida, to call off the event, saying it would only benefit extremists. >> they would use them to inflame public opinion and to incite violence against our soldiers and civilians. >> reporter: despite the plea, pastor terry jones told "nightline" anchor terry moran, he plans to go through with the demonstration. >> the question that we have is if we don't do it, when do we

stop backing down? when do we stop giving in to islam? >> reporter: the burning, which was planned as a response to the muslim community center and mosque two blocks from ground zero, is one of several recent acts targeting muslims nationwide. in washington, d.c., a group of interfaith religious leaders said burning a koran hurts all religions. >> bearing false witness against your neighbor is against the koran, is against the bible, is against the gospels. and this is why we are here. so we have to be here. >> reporter: while the white house endorses petraeus' statement, the defense department says the pentagon has no official stance on the koran-burning issue. rob and vinita? we are hearing more this morning from the religious leader behind the planned islamic center near ground zero. imam feisal abdul rauf writes an editorial that it is critical americans not back away from completing the project. he goes on to say, we are doing so with the support of the

downtown community, government at all levels, and leaders across the religious spectrum who will be our partners. i am convinced that it is the right thing to do for many reasons. president obama travels to ohio today to tout his latest efforts to speed up the economic recovery. mr. obama will propose billions of dollars in new tax breaks for both businesses and corpoons. at least one republan hom out in favor of the p's mitt romney says the tax cuts are the kind of job-creating cuts he's been calling for. chicago mayor richard m. daley says that he won't run for re-election next year. daley is in his sixth term as mayor. he and his father before him, who was also chicago's mayor, have run the windy city for 42 of the last 55 years. the current mayor also oversaw the meteoric rise of barack obama from senator to the nation's president. a state of emergency has been declared as that fast-moving fire near boulder, colorado, is still racing out of control. thousands of residents have been

forced from their homes and nearly 100 structures have so far been destroyed. clayton sandell reports from boulder. >> reporter: crews are fighting a blaze that has grown to 11 square miles. while thousands of evacuated residents were fighting frustration. >> i got no new information from this that i didn't know at 5:00 >> reporter: the fi destroyed dozens of homes and authorities fear that number could go higher. bart costcouly wetheuse d. >> you're not lettinople . >> reporter: colorado's gove ovee fione. >> it is important right now fo people who have been evacu to just be patie this is a very volatile situation. >> reporteit's situation that, for firefighters, has hit close to home. >> we had nine volunteer firefighters lose their homes last night. >> reporter: bart costello found out his home was safe. >> it does not look like my phouo fi

seems further a it looke itext >> reporter: he's lucky, for now. but this is a fire that is still out of control, and growing. clayton sandell, boulder. bp's own internal investigation into the massive gulf coast oil spill is likely to assign blame to the oil giant as well as other parties. bp is due to release that l rer th the report o exo explain why some of bp's engineers failed to miss key signs the deepwhorn g was unstable. the april 20th explosion killed 11 men and is the worst offshore disaster in u.s. history. the remnants of tropical storm hermine could trigger flash flooding today as far north as oklahoma and kansas. hermine dissipated after dumping up to 1 foot of rain in south texas, toppling trees, and knocking out power to tens of thousands of folks. today that system could bring another 3 to 6 inches of rain across central texas. now here is a look at your wednesday weather. what's left of hermine brings heavy rain to missouri and

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good evening. i'm diana lewis. >> and i'm steven clark. the battle pushed detroit firefighters to the limit as they fanned out in hot spots all over the city. among the largest, on van dyke and quinn on the city's east side, fire officials tell us as many as 20 homes burned there. >> in the neighborhood at moenart and luce flames ripped through seven houses. >> at stoppel and margarita, at least four houses burned. look at our fire map. those are just a fraction of the dozens and dozens of fires that tore through our city. >> action news reporter tom wait is live in one of the hardest-hit areas on the east side. tom? >> reporter: and diana, there are still hot spots burning here on robin wood on the east side. take a live look, crews still on the scene here. a huge fire burning across a number of houses as you said. 20 homes burned here.

and i don't know if you can see it on your screen but there is smoke billowing from the ruins of one of those homes. neighbors describing this as surreal, like a bomb went off, like a war zone. the aftermath of a firestorm. a neighborhood smoldering in ruins. fire still burning late into the evening. firefighters doing all they can, but stretched to the limit. in this neighborhood here at robinwood off van dyke, at least 20 homes consumed by flames. >> it looks like a war zone. the whole block is just gone, just gone. >> reporter: astrolita jamal says the blazes moved fast and furious. >> thought i smelled smoke, i said, maybe somebody's barbecuing. and i said, no, let me go check. there's a vacant house on each side. i opened up the back and i didn't see anything. after that i looked at the front and i saw smoke coming all out the front. that house right there was just engaged. the flames were just everywhere. >> reporter: the scene of

robinwood, robinwood, surreal. exhausted firefighters working as quickly as they can. but when one fire was out it seemed like another one started. as for the cause, it may have been electrical. sparks from a transformer or a power line behind this home may be to blame. >> i was sitting in the kitchen, i smelt smoke. when i came out and looked the guy was walking by, he says the garage next door's on fire. >> reporter: as for those left sayhe o syion't > rte lurto aref sele from chopper 7's view, you can floke billowin ro neigdon action newsrter pctcks ory detroit's west side. >> reporter: there was a frantic firefighting situation on detroit's west side near seven mile. first from stoeppel. we see from chopper 7 where at least four houses burned, two of them to the ground. the wind-driven flames from that street ended up right behind

ho h on santa rosa, at least three houses bur two of them were occupied. from chopper 7, it was clear the wind made thebtle tougher neighbors stepped in with garde1 o bit, yoow wsayi mos >> two cars in this garage? >> yeah, my neighbor right there. >> they got to watch out for that car, man, that car been burning. >> reporter: some grabbed the lines stretched by firefighters >> this guy, a couple more guys, all we were trying to do is get the hose out and get the fire. call 911? i called 911 five times. they told me it was a fire downtown somewhere, they had to pull all the resources downtown. and on the east side. it left this neighborhood with not one truck. >> reporter: it took at least a couple of hours for the west side situation to be shut down. deter j responsible for what cou arson fires here. on detroit's west side, bill

proctor, channel 7 action news. >> and that again was wxyz reporting. it always is sad, especially when you hear tssib that il it affects so many peole'ss >> 80 to 90 fires at one point. just huge all over the city. with that situation in boulde, it's a messy forwo fuly'llder control quickly a lives bac ord >> that's a ter riroug. all right, when w craz

mber of calories in their meals, more people are becoming calorie conscious these days. >> now new laws have been proposed that could takealorie counting to a whole new level. here's john berman with more. >> popcorn like this, often you're looking at 1,500 calories. >> reporter: which is why some people are wondering if movie theaters should be included in the new fda rules that require

posting calorie counts. it's all part of the health care law that president obama signed last spring. >> this is a big [ bleep ]ing deal. >> reporter: a big deal indeed for chain restaurants, required to begin posting calorie counts for their menu items. big because we can now see these big numbers. the baconator triple at wendy's weighs in at 1360 calories. in just one sandwich, two-thirds of the recommended daily intake for a woman. half the daily calories for a man. sonic's supersonic cheeseburger, a huge 900. taco bell's chipotle steak taco salad, 900. the breast leg biscuit meal at popeye's, 700 fatty calories. right now the fda is trying to determine who, besides fast food chains, should be subject to the new laws. they opened the matter up for public comment, inviting the public to weigh in. up for debate? should there be calories posted at grocery stores with food

courts? airlines? how about movie theaters? would you want a calorie count for saturday date night at the movies? dave zinczenko is the editor in chief of "men's health" magazine and the author of the wildly popular "eat this, not that" series of books. >> it's a total game changer. to me, it's not about regulation. it's about education. it's a terrific tool for people to use, if they want to, in order to figure out what they're eating. because most of the time, we go to the movies, for example, and we're absolutely shocked to discover that there are foods out there that have a day's worth of calories, fat, sugar, and salt. >> reporter: take that tub of popcorn. they call it a tub for a reason. >> it could be up to 1,400, 1,500 calories. you combine that with a snack and a soda, you might be up to 2,800 calories, john, just going to the movies. >> a dude like me, how many calories should i be eating a

day? >> i think you should be eating, like, 2,000 calories. >> it's like a day's worth. >> more than a day's worth. here's what happens. the movie theaters act like you're going off on a himalayan hike for four days, not like you're about to watch a 90-minute movie. >> reporter: and if they posted the calorie counts, consumers can make some surprising choices. take the great debate between nachos and hot dogs. this is just bad news, right? >> those are very -- you can polish these off during previews, these nachos, and you've just polished off 1,100 calories. now, you make a smarter choice, you grab a hot dog with some ketchup. it's 315 calories. >> that's it? >> it's built-in portion control. you're getting some protein. by no means is it a health food, but it will satisfy you during the movie. >> it's like a diet hot dog. >> a diet hot dog, compared to this, and you're saving 800 calories. you do that every saturday night over the course of a year, boom,

ten pounds. >> the consumer has to play along, though. they have to decide they're going to pay attention to these numbers, right? >> you can choose to totally ignore it and be oblivious and eat whatever you want. this is just a tool that's going to help you to make smarter choices. and let's say you're going out every saturday night, it's movie night, and you can shave 1,000 calories. that's 12 to 15 pounds over the course of a year without dieting. >> reporter: which for some people might qualify as titanic, big, or giant news in its own way. i'm john berman in new york. >> after moving to new york and seeing the calorie counts at the movie theater, we see a movie every weekend, just like the pretzel bites, the calories in that and the popcorn, it's hard to believe how much. i still get it but it's hard to believe it's that much. >> who knew it was 315 for a hot dog? that's a good takeaway, we should be getting that at the theater. >> hot dogs are healthy, i like

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"world news now" delivers your "morning papers." >> it's time for your "morning papers." and you know, rob, i picked this first paper because i actually know a thing or two about squirrel feeders. >> really? >> you may not know this but i worked at a wild birds unlimited when i was in high school. >> are you serious? really? i did not know that. >> the hot girls had cool jobs, waitressing and doing arcades. i worked at the wild bird store. >> you weren't at the gap, you were at the bird place. >> what i learned from that experience is people love to set up video cameras and watch squirrels do crazy things. and that is exactly what you're about to watch. this happened at someone's house, and they of course turned a video camera on it. what you're about to watch is --

i'm not going to play the whole thing out. this happened for about 60 seconds. this crazy squirrel. >> just spins for a minute like that? >> probably about 60 seconds, maybe 30, i'm not that good as time. >> did it throw up the acorns afterwards? look at that. >> these people, as you saw there, with a stick, were taunting the poor squirrel. then it finally just falls off and runs away. we take video submissions like this all the time. it really brought me back to high school and i wanted you all to relish in the moment of that squirrel. >> oh, man. i'm fascinated. what did you do at that job? >> i have no idea. >> you showed up? >> i sold suet. suet is a rendered fat. anyone who knows birds knows what suet is. i told you i wasn't cool in high school, i said it a million times, okay? >> we need a picture of that tomorrow. this is a sad, weird, bizarre story here. this guy, newlywed man, divorces his wife because he claims she

actually faked leukemia to score a free wedding dress and a honeymoon. can you imagine someone doing that? apparently she went through this elaborate scheme where she faked the illness and all this just to score some kind of free goods here because everyone felt forer. it was a big mess. just a weird story. >> the worst part about this story she trisban >> he wasn't part of it. >> she showed him a letter saying, i have thisthey basically had to go back to cancer treatment centern th center said -- ldn' so sheaicaiked you can see they have an 11-month-old daughter. so it really is -- >> the worst in people sometimes, you know? let's get to something mre >> yout >> i'll go for it. i'm not -- i may screw it up. apparently this is a story out of germany. the first day of art school they hand out e goo th included in this bag of sweets is a pen. oh, welcome back to school. here's a pen.

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a a state of emergency in colorado as a wildfire swallows up dozens of homes. >> we continue today to have lost some structures. >> and forces thousands of residents to get out of the way. the fierce controversy over plans to burn copies of the koran on september 11th. >> jesus christ, if he were here today, would say, pastor, go burn that holy book? >> absolutely. >> we'll hear from the man at the center of the story. and, a fish fight near the great lakes. it's a story we're jumping into on this wednesday, september 8th. >> from abc news, this is "world news now." >> peace around the world, earth

is back on its axis, vinita has returned from vacation. >> yea! >> welcome back. >> i love that we have two people in here everyone else -- thanks, guys. thanks, mom and dad, for coming. yes, my keys to abc still work. good morning and thanks for being with us. i'm happy to be back. i was busy visiting and babysitting my niece. >> how was that? cute little one? >> i think i have a little ways away from having a child. >> really? we'll talk about that later. good morning, everybody. i'm rob nelson. to the news now. crews in colorado are battling a wildfire that now covers at least five square miles. thousands of residents forced from their homes will have to stay away for at least two days or possibly even more. >> it is the worst fire in boulder county in more than half a century with nearly 100

structures destroyed. diana alvear reports. >> reporter: thick smoke blankets the skies above colorado's four-mile canyon fire. it's kept air tankers and choppers from attacking the blaze from above, until now. >> unfortunately, we continued today to have lost some structures. >> reporter: flames have savaged what lies within the perimeter. nine firefighters lost their homes. >> and that's a testament to the commitment and the bravery and the dedication of the folks, while they're out saving someone else's home, their home is burning down. >> reporter: anna and tom got out just in time. >> it was windy. took off, came up and over the ridge, took out the house on top of the ridge, took out the house next to us, then ours was third to go. >> reporter: over the last couple of days, conditions have forced residents in the fire zone to combat the flames themselves. using shovels and rakes, whatever they had on hand, to try to save their homes. >> but it was rolling over the hill here in big plumes.

>> reporter: those who evacuated the area have no way of g back in, to see for themselves what damage has been done. >> i'm on pins and needles, wondering if it's still there. >> reporter: some residents never learned there was a mandatory evacuation. the reverse 911 system, designed to warn them, went down for a couple of hours. firefighters are currently assessing the damage within the fire zone. they're hoping to post a list of burned homes online for residents to review. diana alvear, abc news, los angeles. authorities in michigan say that high winds and toppled power lines e flames ot l init l many of homcght fire wempetestr the fires broks three different neighborhoods. so far, there aro reof injuries. tropical storm hermine is no more, but its remnants are still battering texas. hermine already dumped up to a foot of rain along the texas/mexico border, toppling trees and knocking out power to tens of thousands of folks. today the system could bring

another 3 to 6 inches of rain across central texas and flooding is expected as far north as oklahoma and kansas. the florida pastor at the center of the koran burning controversy says he is going to pray about the matter. reverend terry jones is under increasing pressure to call off the planned burning on saturday. last night, secretary of state hilclinr high-ranking u.s. officials in condemning th jones says he has gotten over 100 death streets and has taken to wearing a pistol. we will hear more from pastor jones later this half hour. president obama heads to the midwest today to talk again about his plans to shore up the nation's ailing economy. the latest polls show that democrats are facing a major challenge on this issue, particularly whe it here now is jakpper >> reporter: when air force one touches down in cleveland, ohio, the president will be arriving in a statat ces t suffer. a borders in cleveland, that employs 23 people, announced it will close. near cincinnati,

comair announced it will cut half its planes in toward years with more layoffs to come. there is anger and frustration here. >> i wish the president would create more jobs here in ohio. >> president obama is doing a terrible job at handling the economy. >> reporter: sentiments held nationally. according to the new abc news/"washington post" poll, a record 57% of the public disapprove of the president's handling of the economy. for the first time, more say the president's policies have made the economy worse than better. hoping to combat that impression, the president, in cleveland, will propose more ways to encourage economic growth. allowing businesses to write off 100% of their new investments in plants and economic. permanently extending a research tax credit. on top of a $50 billion investment in more infrastructure. >> i don't think this is going to add up to a lot of jobs, certainly not in the next o 12 months whe they ne it most. >> reporter: the president

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before this week, terry jones, who's a small-time pastor from gainesville, florida, was relatively unknown. >> now thanks to his plan to hold a koran-burning ceremony on 9/11, he is becoming a household name. receiving threats and criticism from around the world. here's terry moran. ♪ the almighty god ♪ >> reporter: the dove world outreach center has about 30

congregants this sunday morning and their prayer group is like many pentecostal meetings. there is speaking in tongues here. look closely, though. the pastors are armed and militant. >> we do believe the book is evil, it's bad. it's against the bible, it's against god. >> reporter: the book, of course, is the koran. the holy book of the world's 1.3 billion muslims, believed by the faithful to be the word of god revealed through his prophet. >> we are just sending a clear message -- >> reporter: and pastor terry jones says he will burn it on september 11th. >> we feel that a radical message is necessary. we also want to send a message to the moderate muslim to stay peaceful and moderate. we expect the muslims that are here in america to respect, honor, obey, submit to our constitution. >> reporter: and with that theological belligerence, pastor jones has led his little flock to the brink of a global

confrontation. and he's drawn harsh criticism from secretary of state clinton -- >> i am heartened by the clear, unequivocal condemnation of this disrespectful, disgraceful act. >> reporter: -- to religious leaders from the cat began. to southern baptists fellow evangelical preachers -- now in a sign of just how serious this has all become from general david petraeus in afghanistan, who warned that what pastor jones intends to do puts american lives at risk. >> we're very concerned about the implications of a possible koran burning in the united states. it puts our soldiers at jeopardy, very likely. we've already seen a demonstration here in kabul just at the rumor that this event could take place. >> reporter: in kabul, pastor jones was burned in effigy. just the kind of thing general petraeus is concerned can get out of hand. but jones says he must go

forward. >> we understand his concerns and we share those concerns. we understand that those concerns are valid. we just have -- the question is -- the question that we have is, if we don't do it, when do we stop backing down? >> pastor, don't you even have a twinge of conscience about doing something like this? >> of course. of course. we have thought very much about it. we have prayed a lot about it. yes. it's one of the things that we think about all of the time. >> reporter: terry jones has kicked around the fringes of the gainesville christian community since the early 1990s. he'd led a church in germany before moving here. then last year he found a way to raise his profile. hate. he made signs and printed t-shirts declaring islam is of the devil. and he's never looked back. and here's your sign advertising the event. >> right. that's true. >> 6:00 to 9:00 p.m., three hours of koran burning. christians sometimes ask, what

would jesus do? do you really think that jesus christ, if he were here today, would say, pastor, go burn that holy book? >> absolutely. >> jesus christ would say that? >> absolutely. if you look at jesus' life, most of the time jesus was as people imagine him. he was very nice, very patient, very loving. but there was also times that jesus did radical things. so i think jesus would not run around burning books, but i think he would burn this one. >> what do you say to people who say you're crazy? you are on the lunatic fringe of christianity? >> well, i agree that the burning of the koran is pretty radical. >> reporter: it's an act of war, really. an act of holy war. a sign of the times. and some, like terry jones, are ready for the fight. you're prepared to do this and prepared and ready to incite violence? >> we are definitely prepared to do this.

we are definitely prepared to give our lives for this particular message and cause, yes. >> will you be armed? >> yes, we will. mm-hmm. yes. >> so we could see a gun battle out here? >> we could. we have been threatened. >> reporter: jones says he's been asked directly by the fbi, the department of justice, and local gainesville law enforcement not to go through with the koran burning. but he won't listen. to them, at least. if you listen to him closely, though, you get the sense he may be looking, praying, for a way out of a terrible corner he's painted himself into. you're going to go through with this? >> as of right now, we have every intention in going through, yes. >> what would change your mind? >> yeah, i guess the same thing that caused us to do it. just a deep conviction from god that something has to happen.

>> reporter: so he is praying. as are so many other people around the world. i'm terry moran in gainesville, florida. >> now more information's starting to come out about this guy. they said apparently according to recently released court documents, he doesn't know any muslims personally. and a lot of what he knows about the religion has come from youtube. a lot of question about who this guy is. and what the motives are. >> countering extremism with extremism is what a lot of people are saying. it's interesting. in 2005 there was just a report out that some guards at guantanamo bay flushed a koran, and that incited deadly riots in afghanistan. so when you hear general david petraeus saying this could really hurt our armed guardsmen overseas, it is a worry. >> you would think that would be

well, in medical news now. in a new study that proves what women and myself have really known for years, that men are more forgetful. >> not surprised here. the study from the mayo clinic says as men age they are much more likely than women to suffer significant memory loss. here's linsey davis with more. >> reporter: leif bullison was one of those men who was forgetful when it came to birthdays and anniversaries. but in the past few years, his memory started getting worse. >> it's embarrassing when someone you should know walks in the room and says, hi, how are you? and i'll say, uh, well, i'm fine. you know. and act like i know who it is. >> reporter: he was one of 2,000 men and women over the age of 70 who took part in the study. the mayo clinic found 19% of the men suffered from mild cognitive impairment compared to 14% of the women.

mild cognitive impairment, or mci, is significant forgetfulness but not severe enough to interfere with daily life. >> this was a surprising finding to us. >> reporter: what also makes these new findings so surprising is women are more likely than men to get alzheimer's. fortunately for leif, his wife's memory is still intact. >> i try to remember to ask him daily, morning and evening, if he has taken his medication. >> reporter: doctors aren't sure why men are experiencing this memory loss more than women. but they're looking very closely at a possible clue. heart disease. >> when we look at the men who have mild cognitive impairment, they tend to have more of the vascular risk factors than women do. such as high blood pressure, diabetes, smoking history. >> reporter: the good news is these are areas where doctors can intervene and potentially diminish the risk of developing significant memory loss. linsey davis, abc news, new york. >> of course there's so many theories for the differences.

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well, finally this half hour, attack of the flying fish. a hearing is under way in federal court in a five-state battle against a foreign invader. >> the states, which border the great lakes, are worried that a fish, the asian carp, will destroy their fishing industries. here's barbara pinto. >> reporter: on the illinois river, fish are flying. >> oh! >> heads up! >> reporter: the airborne antics of asian carp are a hit on youtube. but these jumping fish are no joke. they're dangerous projectiles to anyone on the water. is this a war? >> you might term it a war. we've been using all of our weapons, so to speak, to fight these fish back. >> reporter: the bottom-feeding carp were imported from china

decades ago as a way to help clean southern fish hatcheries. but floodwaters washed them into the mighty mississippi. now the population has exploded and moved upstream into the illinois river, a short swim from lake michigan. >> if they get in here it would wreak havoc on these jewels we call the great lakes. >> reporter: asian carp are a looming threat to the $7 billion fishing industry here. they spawn three times a year and consume 40% of their body weight in food every day. with no known predators, they could choke out the ecosystem for more desirable fish. that's exactly why michigan and four other states have filed suit. they want the army corps of engineers to barricade the locks on the only shipping channels between the mississippi and lake michigan. effectively closing the doors to the lake and beyond. nearly 100 businesses are at stake, including john and jackie kindred's. they own a small company that tugs barges through these water

ways. they worry their 19-year-old company could dry up. >> what they're talking about now is shutting down the avenue to get any business up here. there's no way to survive that. they're closing the path that all of our business comes from. >> reporter: along the illinois river, beating back the asian carp is now sport. >> whoo! >> reporter: at the annual redneck fishing contest, they use nets, bats, anything to subdue a species that seems unstoppable. barbara pinto, abc news, chicago. >> i think he hit a home run with that carp. >> i know what p.e.t.a. thinks about that. there was a race in missouri, got knocked in the head, had to withdraw because of headache. did you get it? >> that is the news for this half hour. more things you cannot live without knowing or seeing. >> remember to follow us on facebook and see "the skinny" and "morning papers" on facebook as well. check out wnnfans.com. we'll be right back.nenenenenenenenenenenenenenenenenenenenenenenenenenenenenenenenenenenenenenenenenenenenenenenenenenenenenenenenenenenenenenenenenenenenenenenenenenenenenenenenenene

president obama faces harsh criticism as he heads back out on the road today to talk about the economy. >> president obama is doing a terrible job at handling the economy. a plan to hold a koran burning puts a small-time pastor in the middle of a big-time battle. >> it's one of the things that we think about all of the time. >> he is being criticized from far and wide, but he says he's going forward. and, a growing problem in britain. believe it or not, there's actually a house in there. >> when it's raining you can stand underneath and you can stay partially dry. >> it's wednesday, september 8th. >> from abc news, this is "world news now." >> and good morning, everybody.

i'm rob nelson. >> and i'm happy to be back. >> welcome back. >> thank you. i'm vinita nair. >> yea! >> don't even pretend. stop. >> she looks rested, doesn't she? president obama is on the road today in another campaign-style appearance, again focusing on the economy. >> mr. obama will reveal a new tax cut plan for businesses. however, the latest polls show the president does face a very tough challenge in convincing americans about his latest proposals. john hendren joins us now from washington with the very latest. hi, john. >> reporter: good morning, rob and vinita. abc has come out with its latest political poll with just two months to go before the midterm elections. and for democrats, the news and the timing could hardly be worse. when air force one touches down in cleveland, president obama will outline tax cuts designed to create new jobs. allowing businesses to write off 100% of their investments in plant and equipment through the end of next year at an estimated

final cost of $30 billion. and permanently extending a research tax credit. on top of a $50 billion investment in more infrastructure which the president outlined in an earlier stop in milwaukee. >> i am going to keep fighting every single day, every single hour, every single minute, to turn this economy around. >> reporter: but across the nation, he faces a tough reception. >> you can see with the unemployment numbers growing, and people are still hurting, and i think that more needs to be done. >> i wish the president would create more jobs here in ohio. >> president obama is doing a terrible job at handling the economy. >> reporter: a new abc news/"washington post" poll found for the first time, most voters -- 52% -- now disapprove of the way mr. obama is handling his job overall. more voters now say the president has made the economy worse. >> what we're really seeing is a revolt against the status quo. and it's all about fundamentally the economy. >> reporter: more than 9 in 10

voters now say the economy is in bad shape. only one-quarter think it will get any better. unless voter perceptions turn around the president, who campaigned on change, might get more of it than he bargained robad v a raging wildfire continues to burn out of control near boulder, colorado, this morning. more than 3,000 people have forced from their o- ts officials say it will least two days befo the allowedback dozens of homes have alread been destroyed, including those belonging to fire crews. >> the most tragic story, and at the same time probably the most heroic story out of this, is i think you've heard at least nine firefighters, while actively fighting the fire, lost their homes. and that's a testament to the commitment and the bravery and the dedication of the folks, while they're out saving someone else's home, their home is burning down. >> authorities are investigating reports that the fires started when a car crashed into a propane tank. the justice department is now investigating several

anti-muslim incidents in four states. investigators say that the cases include the stabbing of a muslim cab driver in new york. the scope of the investigation also includes vandalism and other incidents at mosques and mosques under construction around the country. the incidents come amid continued criticism of a planned mosque near ground zero. secretary of state hillary clinton has now added her voice to the growing condemnation over that planned burning of the koran. but the florida minister at the center of that controversy says he intends to go ahead with it this weekend. our terry moran spoke with pastor terry jones. ♪ >> reporter: at the sunday morning service at the dove world outreach center, there were fewer than 30 worshippers, a tiny congregation among the world's 2 billion plus christians. but pastor terry jones has led this little flock to the brink of what has become a global confrontation. >> i think it's time to stand up and do what we're doing. >> reporter: pastor jones says

he will go forward with his plan to burn hundreds of korans, the holy book of more than 1 billion muslims, on september 11th. >> pastor, don't you even have a twinge of conscience about doing something like this? >> of course. of course. we have thought very much about it. we have prayed a lot about it. yes. it's one of the things that we think about all of the time. >> reporter: jones says the fbi, the department of justice, and local law enforcement authorities in gainesville have all urged him not to go forward. but he won't listen. in afghanistan, general david petraeus warned that jones' actions could endanger u.s. troops. >> it puts our soldiers at jeopardy, very likely. we've already seen a demonstration here in kabul. just at the rumor that this event could take place. >> we understand that those concerns are valid. but the question that we have is, if we don't do it, when do we stop backing down? >> reporter: but even though christian leaders from the vatican to the southern baptists to evangelical leaders have

condemned jones, he believes. christians sometimes ask, what would jesus do? do you really think that jesus christ, if he were here today, would say, pastor, go burn that holy book? >> absolutely. >> jesus christ would say that? >> absolutely. >> what would change your mind? >> yeah, i guess the same thing that caused us to do it. just a deep conviction from god that something has to happen. >> reporter: so he is praying. as are so many other people around the world. i'm terry moran in gainesville, florida. nine fishing boats in south korea have been destroyed by a quick-moving fire. it happened in a port yesterday and left the local fishing community with $5 million worth of damage. the boats had been docked as a precautionary measure in case a typhoon hit. the boats were made of a highly flammable plastic material so they burned very quickly. we are following a breaking story out of los angeles this morning.

the fbi said a thai airways flight has landed safely at l.a.x. after a written bomb threat was discovered in the plane's bathroom. the luggage is now being screened and the passengers and crew are being interviewed by law enforcement. tropical storm hermine has fizzled out but parts of texas are still getting drenched. the central portion of the state could see several more inches of rain today. in addition to up to a foot that has already fallen. and flash flooding is expected as far north as oklahoma and kansas. the storm weakened after blowing in from mexico but rough seas had the coast guard busy rescuing a number of fishermen off south padre island. and, now, here's a look at the forecast around the country. the rain from hermine extends into missouri, parts of louisiana, mississippi, and tennessee. showers across florida. thunderstorms in new york and new england. and showers from portland to seattle and western montana. >> mid 70s in billings, boise and sacramento. upper 60s in fargo, minneapolis.

76 in omaha. 90s from new orleans to atlanta. 83 here in new york. and 80 in boston. well, we will dispense with the usual light-hearted story we do right about now because of something very special that some of us couldn't help but to recognize last night. >> as we report on plans to burn korans and the proposed islamic center, we caught sight of what we think is one of the first tests of the huge beams of light reaching for the sky from new york's ground zero. >> every year since the 9/11 attacks they have been lit to honor those who died at the world trade center. and of course they will be lit on theiversary this saturday night. >> and there are plans to light them again next year for the tenth anniversary of the attacks. let's go to commercial. we'll be right back.

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pm your #1 choice. here are some stories to watch today on abc news. president obama takes his campaign to spur job creation to ohio where he'll speak about tax breaks for businesses. crews will continue battling a tricky wildfire northwest of boulder, colorado. nearly 100 structures have already been destroyed by the flames. bp releases an internal investigation into the blowout that unleashed the massive gulf oil spill. they'll reportedly assign blame for the disaster to bp itself and other companies involved in the well's operation. finally this half hour, the trees that are barking up a storm. a man in england is in trouble with his neighbors thanks to the trees on his property. >> they aren't just any trees, they're actually 35 feet tall and they're casting a dark shadow over his entire

neighborhood. the bbc's jon kay has more now from plymouth, england. >> reporter: your front garden. a place to welcome and to impress. a way to make a statement. and in this quiet street in suburban plymouth, there is definitely a statement being made. crammed into a small plot, around ten giant lelandei trees. at 35 feet or 10 meters high, they're now so big the house can't be seen. >> oh, yeah, they must have started about four foot i should imagine when he bought them. >> now look? >> now look at it. >> reporter: neighbors have had enough and have gone to the council. >> i think it's disgusting for the people that live next door. they try to look after their own properties. how can they look after their properties when there's something like this there? >> what's it like to live with this on your street?

>> terrible. terrible. the only thing you get out of that, really, is when it's raining. you can stand underneath and you can stay partially dry. but apart from that, i think it's appalling. >> reporter: neighbors say the trees are putting their gardens in the shade. so they've clubbed together to launch an action against the owner, david alvand. i've just spoken to mr. alvand at the door. he doesn't want to go on-camera. he doesn't want to speak to anybody. but he says he's done nothing wrong, this is his land, and he'd rather the media focused on politicians rather than somebody like him. this was david alvand eight years ago when he last fell out with his neighbors. back then he built a giant wall around the house and was forced by the courts to pull it down. worried by all the attention, he called in the police. the local authority hopes mr. alvand and his neighbors can reach a compromise among themselves. if not, more council cuts could be on the way.

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